Cummins, 50, who is married and has two daughters and grandchildren, allegedly abducted his former student on March 13 from her home near Columbia, Tennessee, and the two, who were thought to be in a sexual relationship, were last spotted two days later.
Their last confirmed sighting prior to the arrest was at a Walmart in Oklahoma, 700 miles away from home, after they had both dyed their hair.

The amber alert for the Tad Cummins and the teenager was sent out five weeks ago

Court papers filed recently in the girl’s disappearance say she was afraid of the teacher and thought she would face repercussions at school if she resisted him.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Amber Alert for Thomas when she disappeared.
Cummins had been suspended from teaching at the Culleoka Unit School, where Thomas attends, in February after disobeying an order barring Thomas from his classroom following an incident the month before where a student reported seeing the two kissing.
The TBI revealed last month that Cummins had been reearching information on “teen marriage” online on March 5,  more than a week before Thomas went missing.
The girl’s father, Anthony Thomas, had told NBC News that he believed Cummins was grooming the children in his class, burnishing his profile by telling them lies including claims that he had previously worked for the FBI and CIA.
“He had lied to all these kids,” he said. “I told them it couldn’t possibly be true,” Thomas said. He added that his daughter told him Cummins claimed to have millions of dollars and multiple pieces of property.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation sent out this tweet shortly before noon today announcing the breaking news